01-08-2017, 09:54 AM
(01-06-2017, 10:59 AM)SomeGuy Wrote: The reassertion of war-making and other sorts of authority by Congress over the White House WOULD be an interesting parallel with the Glorious Revolution, and one can fairly easily imagine situations where that came about. However, it doesn't seem to be in the cards at the moment, and so we should probably wait and see how things turn out before making that explicit comparison, at least as far as this board is concerned.
I think it's already happening. Previously transition teams have outlined legislation, and the President's agenda drove the big initiatives when there was a change of administration. This time, it seems to be the House which is preparing the legislation.
Whether the way in which that is happening actually parallels the Glorious Revolution is another question.
War making authority hasn't been a point of contention because Congress has by and large supported Presidential levels of spending. Of course, at 20% of the budget, military ventures are not what's breaking the bank these days. Speaker Ryan wants to address the real big ticket issues like Medicare, and Social Security, and Trump doesn't; maybe we should watch how that one turns out.